Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

Michaels' kitchen sounds bigger than my whole place.

I think we may have decided that one already.

CKhalvashi

PasturesNew wrote: »

I hate the way they put the salt/vinegar on for you ..... they never do it right/enough do they

I used to have lashings of vinegar on chips, the last few were swimming in it.

Bought a new jar of vinegar today as my little bottle needs topping up and I'd hate to run out because you always need it when you've bought chips and I bring chips home about twice a year.

Salt, vinegar, no sauce.

I'm with you on them not putting on enough in the shop, however.

CK

Spirit_2

vivatifosi wrote: »

I love vinegar. I have to have a bottle of balsamic vinegar in my cupboard and use it for everything (though I think I probably shouldn't try and wash with it). I like a nice smooth variety though, some have too much of a vinegary tang, if that makes sense. If I wasn't allergic to potatoes it would taste lovely on chips.

We have a variety of vinegars for food use, red & white wine, balsamic & malt. there may be some cider vinegar, not sure without looking.Then a white vinegar spray for household things. There is a large plastic can of cider vinegar up in the stables.

As a child I only knew that malt vinegar existed. What happened?

vivatifosi

CK, have a great time at the Eurovision. Who is the current favourite to win?

michaels

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zagubov

PasturesNew wrote: »

I hate the way they put the salt/vinegar on for you ..... they never do it right/enough do they

I used to have lashings of vinegar on chips, the last few were swimming in it.

Bought a new jar of vinegar today as my little bottle needs topping up and I'd hate to run out because you always need it when you've bought chips and I bring chips home about twice a year.

Vinegar then salt- never the other way round as the salt gets washed off.

When I was younger white vinegar was a lot cheaper and adding gravy browning to it was common practice apparently as many older people woulldn't touch it if it wasn't brown.

lostinrates

Spirit wrote: »

We have a variety of vinegars for food use, red & white wine, balsamic & malt. there may be some cider vinegar, not sure without looking.Then a white vinegar spray for household things. There is a large plastic can of cider vinegar up in the stables.

As a child I only knew that malt vinegar existed. What happened?

Yes, we have a fair few. We have a mulberry vinegar that I like and all the weird vinegars are lovely on chips.

Dh likes honegar (honey cider vinegar I think) which sounds vaguely Hebrew. I use apple cider vinegar a lot.

We use balsamic, but honestly, I think it's overused. I find the very expensive sweet ones 'ok' but wouldn't buy them for home use. Balsamic is great with strawberries though, and fantastic on cheese on toast (seriously, I love vinegar) and pretty nice on raw tomato

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Michaels' kitchen sounds bigger than my whole place.

My kitchen is bigger than more than one place I have lived!

Nikkster

Actually, thinking about it I do have a very small (10ml?) bottle of balsamic vinegar. A few years ago, Sainsburys did a 'try this' month, so I got a couple of bottles of balsamic for salads etc at work.

Like the sound of it on cheese on toast (definitely like the sound of cheese on toast! haven't had that for ages). I think in the Hairy Bikers 'diet' book, they suggest balsamic on tomotoes as a subsitute for brown sauce in their cheats cooked breakfast.

lostinrates

Nikkster wrote: »

Actually, thinking about it I do have a very small (10ml?) bottle of balsamic vinegar. A few years ago, Sainsburys did a 'try this' month, so I got a couple of bottles of balsamic for salads etc at work.

Like the sound of it on cheese on toast (definitely like the sound of cheese on toast! haven't had that for ages). I think in the Hairy Bikers 'diet' book, they suggest balsamic on tomotoes as a subsitute for brown sauce in their cheats cooked breakfast.

Edam (I know, un posh alert) works really well for cheese on toast with balsamic.